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Vehicle 51582 / 55939


Class 120

Builder: BR Swindon Works
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30516
Diagram: 637

Allocations

Apr-61 New to 84E (Tyseley)
by Jun-62 Transferred to 83D (Laira)
Sep-63Depot code change84A
Apr-68 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
Aug-68 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
4w/e 22/02/69 On loan to 81D (Reading)
May-69 Transferred to 82A (Bristol Bath Road)
06/05/73Depot code changeBR
Jun-74 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
3w/e 09/10/76 Transferred to LA (Laira)
w/e 03/05/80 Transferred to CF (Cardiff Canton)
29/11/81 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
by Jun-82 Transferred to DY (Derby Etches Park)
circa 1984 Transferred to NH (Newton Heath)
13/04/86 To Parcels Sector at CA (Cambridge)
27/04/86 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge)
18/05/86 Reinstated CA (Cambridge)
18/05/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
27/07/86 Transferred to CA (Cambridge)
02/11/86 Stored U. CA (Cambridge)
03/05/87 Withdrawn from CA (Cambridge)

Notes

31st October 1987 - Seen at Tinsley Yard

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

51582 - original number
55939 - from 04/04/87 (parcels conversion)

Modifications

circa Jul-70 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 25/06/77 - WR AWS removed

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


51582 51573 56292 Noted circa Sep-67 - in blue with yellow panel (120) 56292 blue full yellow end
51573 51582 Noted circa Dec-67 - in plain blue with small yellow panel
51573 59296 51582 Transfer to 81D - 4w/e 22/02/69 - on loan
51573 59296 51582 Noted 30/07/69 - at Bristol Temple Meads1
51573 59285 51582 Noted 23/08/1971 - at Newport2
51573 59285 51582 Noted 12/10/71 - at Church Road, Edgbaston3
51573 59285 51582 Noted 01/07/1973 - at Exeter2
51573 59285 51582 Noted 07/09/73 - in Bristol Temple Meads1
51573 59285 51582 Noted 30/05/1974 - at Great Malvern2
C552 51573 59285 51582 Noted 16/07/74 - on 1620 Cardiff-Weymouth between B579 51065 + 59424 + 51093 and P557 51578 + 59580 + 51587
B552 51573 59285 51582 Noted 29/08/74 - on 2C06 0650 Chepstow-Milford Haven with C505 50665 + 59588 + 50715
51573 59285 51582 Noted 30/08/1974 - at Newport, with 562892
C552 51573 59285 51582 Noted 05/09/74 - at Severn Tunnel Junction1
C552 51573 59285 51582 Noted 08/02/76 - on 1069 1140 Cardiff-Salisbury with B900
C552 51573 59285 51582 Listed at CF - 01/05/1976
51573 59285 51582 Transfer to LA - 3w/e 09/10/76
P552 51573 59285 51582 Listed at LA - 31st December 1977
P552 51573 59285 51582 Noted 06/08/79
P552 51573 59285 51582 Listed at LA - 03/03/80
51573 51582 Noted 15th April 1980
552 51573 59285 51582 Transfer to CF - w/e 03/05/80
EP503 51573 59285 51582 Listed at DY - circa Jun-82
51573 59108 51582 Noted 1983
EP503 51573 59285 51582 Noted circa 01/19834
EP503 51573 59108 51582 Noted circa 01/19844
EP503 51573 59108 51582 Noted 13/09/85 - at Blaenau Ffestiniog, NH set carrying number EP503
51573 59108 51582 Noted 13/11/1985 - 13:21 Chester-Man Vic5
51573 59108 51582 Listed at NH - circa Jan-86
51573 51582 Noted circa 08/1986 - Parcels set.4

Formation Sources
1: Gerald Brown
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Leonard Rogers
4: Eddie Knorn
5: Chris Moxon

Images:

Class 120 DMU at Exeter St Davids

1979

Class 120 DMSL W51582 in Exeter St Davids in Autumn 1979. Michael Mensing.

Class 120 DMU at St Ives

30th April 1979

Set number: P552

Swindon Cross-Country DMU set P552 (presumably 51582 + 59285 + 51573) at St Ives on 20 April 1979. Alistair Ness.

Class 120 DMU at Dawlish

6th August 1979

Set number: P552

Class 120 DMU set formation P552, consisting of cars 51582 59285 51573 is seen with 1546 Paignton-Exeter at Dawlish, 06/08/1979. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 120 DMU at Exeter

September 1979

Set number: P552

Swindon Cross-Country set P552 (presumably 51582 + 59285 + 51573) departs from Exeter Central in September 1979. Michael Mensing.

Class 120 DMU at Avoncliff

1980

Set number: P552

Oval-buffered W51582 is at the head of set Cross Country set P552 at Avoncliff in mid-1980. Michael Mensing.

Class 120 DMU at Manchester Victoria

17th November 1984

BR Swindon Class 120 DMSL M51582 in Manchester Victoria on 17 November 1984. Dave Warby.

Class 120 DMU at Blaenau Ffestiniog

13th September 1985

Set number: EP503

EP503 contains M51582 + M59108 + M51573 when seen at Blaenau Ffestiniog on the 13th September 1985. Hamish Stevenson.

Class 120 DMU at

13th November 1985

A Class 120/101 hybrid, 51582/59108/51573 working the 13.21 Chester-Manchester Victoria, 13/11/85. Anthony Griffiths.

Class 120 DMU at Leeds

27th June 1986

51582 is seen in the company of a 114, and paired with 51573. Leeds, 27th June 1986. Malcolm Clements.

Class 120 DMU at New Mills

28th June 1986

Speeding towards Sheffield and about to cross New Mills viaduct on June 28th 1986 is a Swindon Cross-Country class 120 dmu set (51582 + 51573) which has been converted to 'Express Parcels' use. Andrew J Crowther.

Class 120 DMU at Ely

4th July 1988

Class 120 power car M51582. It was latterly in parcels use, and immediately before withdrawal in March 1987 had been allocated a new number 55939 in the parcels series. It is crudely applied above the original one. Seen at Ely on July 4, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1968

A Swindon Cross-Country DMU, with Paddington on the blind this is probably Reading depot. The mixed liveries (the centre car is still in green) suggest late 1960s. The DMSL is from the small 51582-90 batch, of which 2, 3 and 8 spend time at Reading during 1968/8. The blue / grey vehicle on the right is a Class 123 TCK. Graham Clark.

DMU

Date: September 1979

Set number: P552

Swindon Cross-Country set P552 (presumably 51573 + 59285 + 51582) at Exeter in September 1979. Michael Mensing.

DMU

Date: 28th June 1986

About to cross New Mills viaduct on 28th June 1986 is a Swindon Cross-Country class 120 dmu set, including 51573 + 51582 which has been converted to parcels use, the Red Star parcels branding can be seen down the side. These units were rare along here, this is the only time I think I saw one, it's possibly the only photograph I have of one along here! Andrew J Crowther.

DMU

Date: July 1986

Set number: EP503

A Express Parcels Class 120 Swindon Cross-Country set at Leeds circa 1986. The vehicles (M51573 + M51582) still carry set number EP503 from their time at Etches Park depot. Ian Charles.

DMU

Date: 4th July 1988

Near Kiln Lane, Ely. From the left - part of 55939 (M51582) then 55934 (M51573), E54423, E54193 and pair of Class 20's. Nicholas Youngman.

DMU

Date: 4th July 1988

Part of E54390 nearest then 59108, 55939 (M51582), 55934 (M51573), E54423, E54193 and pair of Class 20's. Seen near Kiln Lane Ely on July 4, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.